Improved female supporters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER D. REEVES, OF PORTLAND, MAINE.

IMPROVED FEMALE SUPPORTEVRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,845, dated April 1,1862.

To all whom.- L' may concern:

Beitknown that I, ALEXANDER DAMIENs REEVES, of Port-land, in the countyof Curnberland, State of Maine, have invented anew and useful Truss orSupporter, for all purposes of both male and female uses, and moreespecially as a female periodical receptacle; and l hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, which make a part of this specification, in which-Fignre lis a perspective front view. Fig. 2 is a back view. Fig. 3 showsthe sack; in all of which the apparatus is fully shown.

In Fig. l, a is a strap around the body. IJ b are straps down the frontconnect-ing with the sack c, c c (also shown in Fig. 2) connecting withthe sack in the rear. dis a perpendicular strap extending from a down toc.

Fig. 3 is an india-rubber sack, in which a sponge of any dimensionsneededis deposited.

right place, so as to admit of either a standing or sitting posturewithout any disagreeable tightness, and in all positions the sack willkeep its place and do its office.

I claim The sack made in the shape and forni and with the buckles andstraps herein described.

A. D. REEVES.

Attest:

JOHN S. HoLLINGsHEAn, WM. YoRKE ATLEE.

